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The department at Norton Rose Fulbright, led by Dimitri Sofianopoulos, is ‚Äėone of the leading firms for shipping finance‚Äô. It advised Citigroup and Nordea Bank on a $1.3bn Korean ECA-backed loan facility to GasLog. It also advised Safe Bulkers on new loans, the restructuring of existing loans, and the sale and leaseback transaction between subsidiaries of Safe Bulkers and affiliates of ICBC Leasing. Yianni Cheilas is also noted.

Watson Farley & Williams ‚Äď Greek Branch advised Citibank (London) on a $310m facility to Tsakos Energy Navigation. The team also advised RBS on the transfer of accounts under its shipping portfolio. George Paleokrassas leads the team, which also includes Alexia Hatzimichalis, Alexandros Damianidis and Vassiliki Georgopoulos.

The ‚Äėfirst-rate‚Äô department at Constant & Constant (the Maritime Division of TLT in Greece) is advising Shipping Capital on the unwinding of a joint venture agreement with a Greece-based shipping group and a US-based hedge fund. Team head Jeremy Watson ‚Äėresponds quickly‚Äô and is ‚Äėoutstanding‚Äô.

Holman Fenwick Willan is ‚Äėexcellent on ship finance‚Äô and is also active in corporate mandates in the sector. It advises on sales and acquisitions, joint ventures, hire purchase and leasing transactions, and corporate restructuring. The ‚Äėbrilliant‚Äô Jasel Chauhan heads the shipping finance team, which recently saw the arrival of associate Anthony Paizes from Norton Rose Fulbright.

Ince & Co‚Äôs ‚Äėresponsive‚Äô team is advising a leading German bank on the financing of 14 vessels by a Greek shipping company. Robin Parry ‚Äėhas a very pragmatic approach in order to find constructive solutions‚Äô, and newly promoted partner Ronan Le D√Ľ is ‚Äėhighly experienced in ship financing‚Äô.

Stephenson Harwood‚Äôs ‚Äėimpressive‚Äô team is led by Nigel Bowen-Morris and advised DVB Bank on a loan facility for the refinancing of a part of the Yildirim Group fleet. Chris Vartzis was recently promoted to partner.

Timagenis Law Firm‚Äôs maritime practice, which is led by Lily Politsopoulou-Timagenis, is active on shipping finance matters. Gregory Timagenis and Yiannis Timagenis are also noted.

George Moratis heads the team at Moratis Passas Law Firm, which is ‚Äėexperienced in ship finance‚Äô. It advised the initial purchasers and trustee regarding $670m of ship mortgages issued by Navios Group.

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In Galaktoviomichania Larisis AE v I Kesioglou & Sia
OE (Opposition No B 2 107 822,
December 18 2013), the Opposition Division of the Office for Harmonisation in
the Internal Market has upheld in part an opposition against the registration
of the trademark OLYMPOS FOODS-OLYMPOS COMMODITIESOLYMPOS MEDITERRANIAN-OLYMPOS
ORGANICS-K&K FINANCE.

The
special IP law chamber of the Athens Multi-Member Court of First Instance has
issued its decision in a case involving the famous 'Vara' buckle device, an
internationally renowned symbol that has been closely associated with shoe
designer Salvatore Ferragamo for more than 30 years.

Over the last six years, Greece has been under an austerity
restructuring and adjustment programme, receiving extended support from
European financial institutions and international creditors, in an attempt to
tackle its structural weaknesses, overly high deficits and incessant market
stagnation.

Lately, domestic and international
financial and corporate players are looking closely on the Athens Exchange
seeking for safe yet high return investment opportunities in Greece and the
wider South East Europe through takeover bids on securities of companies
established in Greece and listed on the local exchange with significant
presence in the
wider region. It is common knowledge that M&As consist the most transparent and
efficient way to gain control of the desired "target" company, following a
public offer on all or a part of the target's capital. However, this does not
seem to be their unique advantage in Greek legal order. The speed of their
conclusion, with an average duration of two months, allows the investor to
begin with his businesses without considerable waste of time and resources. As
of this, he is in position to choose a board of his own preference almost the
very following day of the expiry of the public offer's time and to focus on
what he primarily intended and is good at - making business.

As of 1 st ¬† February 2014, both Criminal and Criminal Procedure
Codes were implemented, replacing regulations that have been in force since
1968, drafted at a time when the political status
quo in Romania not only discouraged but even forbade private initiative.

The
Government of Albania has issued the final version of the draft law on Value
Added Tax. According to the Minister of Finance, once approved by the
Parliament, the new VAT law is expected to enter into force on January 1, 2015
and replace the current law on VAT, as well as all respective regulations. The draft law has been prepared with the support of the European Union,
setting as its principal aim to harmonize legislation on VAT with the acquis
communautaire , in compliance with the Stabilisation and Association
Agreement.

(New York, NY ‚Äď Nov 27, 2017) Partner James J. Terry ¬†of leading construction law firm Zetlin & De Chiara LLP will be a featured
speaker at the Practicing Law Institute‚Äôs 19th Annual Commercial
Real Estate institute in New York on December 4 and 5, 2017.

In the recently published The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018 , one of the legal industry‚Äôs most prominent guides to the legal market in Asia, Kim & Chang was the only Korean law firm to be top-ranked ("Tier 1") in all 16 practice areas surveyed.¬† Particularly noteworthy is the fact that our IP group was the only Tier 1-ranked practice to be recognized in the ‚ÄúIntellectual property ‚Äď Patents and Trademarks‚ÄĚ category.

On November 18, 2017, more than 40 Kim & Chang attorneys and K&C Friends (staff volunteers) of Kim & Chang Committee for Social Contribution volunteered in gimjang , a Korean tradition of preparing large quantities of kimchi for the winter.¬† Volunteers gathered early in the morning to learn how to do gimjang , and helped to make kimchi.¬† The kimchi prepared through this event was¬† donated to 100 foster care families supported by the Central Foster Care Family Center .

Kim & Chang was the only Korean law firm to receive ‚ÄúOutstanding,‚ÄĚ the highest possible ranking, across all 18 practice areas in the 22nd edition of Asialaw Profiles 2018 , a definitive guide to Asia-Pacific‚Äôs leading regional and domestic law firms.¬† Additionally, we were the only Korean firm to be awarded ‚ÄúOutstanding‚ÄĚ in the Financial Services Regulatory and Intellectual Property practice areas.¬†

On December 9, 2017, Kim & Chang attorneys and K&C Friends (staff volunteers) of Kim & Chang Committee for Social Contribution together with youth members of Deulggot Youth World, an organization dedicated to caring for and educating children in need, delivered coal briquettes to a jjokbang town in Seoul‚Äôs Yeongdeungpo District.¬† Jjokbang towns are low-income neighborhoods comprised of tenement housings with small rooms that barely accommodate one person.¬†¬†

In the recently published Representing Corporate Asia and Middle East Survey , an annual ranking survey published by Asian-MENA Counsel, Kim & Chang won "In-House Community Firm of the Year" in 14 categories.

On October 31, 2017, Kim & Chang Committee for Social Contribution hosted its second Multicultural Family Law Academy for 2017, a ‚Äúmobile‚ÄĚ legal service for multicultural families in Korea, in the City of Gyeongsan in Gyeongsangbuk-do Province.¬† The first session was held in the City of Gimje in Jeollabuk-do Province earlier in 2017.

SyCipLaw partner Arlene M. Maneja was a guest speaker on ‚ÄúRegulatory Framework for Renewable Energy‚ÄĚ at the Bioenergy Mission to the Philippines co-organized by the Embassy of Canada in Manila and the Philippine Department of Energy.